1999 K League Championship

The 1999 K League Championship was the sixth competition of the K League Championship, and was held to decide the 17th champions of the K League. It was contested between the top four clubs of the regular season. The first round was played as a single match between third place and fourth place of the regular season. The winners of the first round advanced to the semi-final, and played against runners-up of the regular season over two legs. The winners of the regular season directly qualified for the best-of-three final.

1999 K League Championship

Tournament details
Host country	South Korea
Dates	17–31 October 1999
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Runners-up	Busan Daewoo Royals
Tournament statistics
Matches played	5
Goals scored	9 (1.8 per match)
Attendance	110,489 (22,098 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ryu Woong-yeol (2 goals)
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Qualified teams

Main article: 1999 K League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OW	PW	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	27	18	2	1	6	56	24	+32	59	Qualification for the playoffs final
2	Bucheon SK	27	11	7	0	9	48	39	+9	47	Qualification for the playoffs semi-final
3	Jeonnam Dragons	27	9	3	5	10	43	38	+5	38	Qualification for the playoffs first round
4	Busan Daewoo Royals	27	10	3	1	13	37	36	+1	37

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: W) 3 points; WG) won with golden goal, 2 points; WP) won after penalty shoot-out, 1 point

Bracket

	First round					Semi-final							Final
						2	Bucheon SK	0	0	0
						1R	Busan Daewoo Royals	1	1	2
	3	Jeonnam Dragons	0
	4	Busan Daewoo Royals	1
													SF	Busan Daewoo Royals	1	1aet	X	0W
													1	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	2	2aet	X	2W

First round

17 October 1999

15:30 KST

Jeonnam Dragons	0–1	Busan Daewoo Royals
	Report	Ryu Woong-yeol 30'

Gwangyang Football Stadium, Gwangyang

Attendance: 19,657

Semi-final

First leg

20 October 1999

15:00 KST

Bucheon SK	0–1	Busan Daewoo Royals
	Report	Woo Sung-yong 24'

Mokdong Stadium, Seoul

Attendance: 12,784

Second leg

24 October 1999

15:00 KST

Busan Daewoo Royals	1–0	Bucheon SK
Manić 38' (pen.)	Report

Busan Gudeok Stadium, Busan

Attendance: 28,248

Busan Daewoo Royals won 2–0 on aggregate.

Final

First leg

27 October 1999

19:00 KST

Busan Daewoo Royals	1–2	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Ryu Woong-yeol 71'	Report	Seol Ik-chan 50' Park Kun-ha 83'

Busan Gudeok Stadium, Busan

Attendance: 22,375

Second leg

31 October 1999

18:30 KST

Suwon Samsung Bluewings	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Busan Daewoo Royals
Son Hyun-jun 81' (o.g.) Drakulić 98'	Report	Lee Ki-boo 30'

Suwon Sports Complex, Suwon

Attendance: 27,425

Suwon Samsung Bluewings won the series 2–0.

Final table

Main article: 1999 K League

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Suwon Samsung Bluewings (C)	Qualification for the Asian Club Championship
2	Busan Daewoo Royals
3	Bucheon SK
4	Jeonnam Dragons

Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions

See also

• 1999 K League

External links

• News at K League (in Korean)
• Match report at K League (in Korean)